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Archive for 06.2008


Lunch2.0v4 at Wieden + Kennedy

Posted by Mike Rosenberg on 06.30.2008

Kent Schnepp (our VP of Client Service and Strategy) and I just got back from Lunch2.0 put-on by the Portland uber-agency, Wieden + Kennedy. (We even ran into EngineWork’s Director of Paid Search, Lisa Peyton, who attended on her day off . . . talk about commitment!) This was my first Lunch2.0, and I hear that it was different than the previous ones (a little more formal, with a bit more of an agenda).

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90 Seconds to Prove Your Worth

Posted by Mike Rosenberg on 06.25.2008

Last night, I was privileged to be a featured speaker at the event in Portland that really needs a new name: The Inaugural Pecha Kucha/PK/Portland Collaborative Agency Network/Chit-Chat/event!

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The $1 Billion Shift to Online Advertising

Posted by Sean McMahon on 06.25.2008

In this week’s edition of Advertising Age magazine, it was revealed through a recent analysis of spending that the nation’s top 100 advertisers shifted more than $1 billion of advertising spend away from off-line media to online marketing channels in 2007.

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Review of Trackur as a Reputation Management Tool

Posted by Scott Fish on 06.24.2008

Delivering peace-of-mind for online commercial entities is one of the valuable benefits we offer at EngineWorks through our Reputation Management Services. Our recent blog post titled ‘Do you have skeletons in your closet?‘ provided tremendous insight into the high value many companies place on the perception and reputation of their online image.

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Love or Hate New Domain Names

Posted by Sean McMahon on 06.23.2008

This morning, an article from Yahoo! News announced that The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the non-profit California-based organization responsible for assigning domain names, is scheduled to vote this week on releasing new domain names.

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Online Ads and SEM Reach Specific Segments

Posted by Sean McMahon on 06.20.2008

eMarketer released a study yesterday revealing that the top two most important marketing channels used to reach specific customer segments are online advertising (used by 75% of the respondents in this survey), and search engine marketing (used by 64% of the respondents).

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EngineWorks Featured in DMNews 2008 Essential Guide to Search

Posted by Sean McMahon on 06.18.2008

Today, DMNews released the 2008 edition of their Essential Guide to Search Marketing which features an insightful article written by our co-founder and president here at EngineWorks, Sean McMahon, titled “SEM Turns the Media World Upside Down”.

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Google Announces Updated Version of Google Trends

Posted by Scott Fish on 06.12.2008

Yesterday, Google announced the release of the latest version of their Google Trends offering which enables users to gain insight into the popularity of search phrases across the Internet.

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Rev-in Up Online (Car) Spending

Posted by Sean McMahon on 06.11.2008

In an article released today from eMarketer, the online market research firm reported that the current challenging state of the economy is directly impacting marketing plans within the domestic automotive industry. But, in a way that you might not expect.

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Free 10% Discount to Internet Strategy Forum in Portland 07.17.08

Posted by Sean McMahon on 06.10.2008

As a featured Speaker Sponsor, EngineWorks is pleased to offer a ten percent (10%) discount on the price of admission to the upcoming Internet Strategy Forum Summit taking place in Portland, Oregon on July 17, 2008.

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